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Churches, 1854

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Anglican Unity

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 January 1854 · page 5

Archdeacon Wilkins, (of Nottingham) addressing his brethren of the Anglican clergy says: "Are we not, sad to say, a disjointed body? —no longer a body, as it ought to be, at unity…

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The Catholic Priesthood

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 January 1854 · page 4

This year as far as our knowledge goeth and information has been imparted to us, we know of no clergymen, of any religious denomination, who have fled from their congregations and the trust…

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REVIEW. The Catholic Almanac and Directory for 1854. Moore, George-street, Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 January 1854 · page 9

The publication before us is the first of its kind that has hitherto appeared; for the Directory of 1841, edited and published "permissu superiorum." by W. A. Duncan, Esq., was…

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The Mission of the Press

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1854 · page 3

A copy of an American newspaper has fallen into our hands, which contains an editorial article upon the mission of the press so good as to bear quotation. The article goes on to say—…

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Notanda— Arising Out of the Consummation of Wentworth's Pseudo. Constitution Bili. No. 2. "C'est une experience eternelle, que tout homme qui a du pouvoir est porte a en abuser; il va jusjqu'a ce qu'il tronve des limites." ([?] Esprit des Lois.) i. e.— Unless kept under efficient checks, every man placed in authority—from the king to the parish beadle—from Sir Charles to Clerk Cashman—is necessarily a tyrant

Empire · Saturday 14 January 1854 · page 5

THE conclusion of our Notanda, No. 1, might possibly raise suspicion that, in the course of our remarks, there may be an under current in progress of revolutionary…

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The Church of England in the Colonies. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1854 · page 5

SIR,—Much grieved at the inactivity and deadness of the Church of England in these colonies, I have ventured to offer a few things for the consideration of her members, and the benefit of her well wishers. Well…

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St. Philip's Church, Church-hill

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 21 January 1854 · page 3

The building of this church, of which the Venerable Archdeacon Cowper is the officiating clergyman, was commenced in 1800, but was not completed till about ten years afterwards, although it had been occupied for a period of twelve months…

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The Church of England in the Colonies. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1854 · page 5

SIR,—In your issue of Tuesday last appeared a letter upon the above subject, written by Mr. F. H. Balbus, the energy and good feeling of which are alike commendable. The object of this communication is to…

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Synod of Australia in Connexion with the Established Church of Scotland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1854 · page 4

THE Annual Meeting of this Synod was held this year in the temporary Church, East Maitland. The session was opened on Wednesday, the 25th January, by Divine Service, conducted by the late Moderator, the Rev. Cunningham Atchlson, of Wollongong, who…

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Church Extension. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1854 · page 5

SIR,—I thank you for the review of my "Proposal for Church Extension" that appeared in your issue of the 13th instant, because that review will assist in drawing the attention of the members of the Church of England…

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Reflections on the Seven Ages of the Christian Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 February 1854 · page 5

Let us take a view of the whole Prophetic History of the Apocalypse, and through the whole tract of duration, which reaches from the rise of Christianity to the fixed state of Eternity after…

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The Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 February 1854 · page 4

It is Contemplated that the Catholic University of Ireland, of which the learned and venerated Dr. Newman is to be President, will be set in working order in the ensuing year…

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Church Extension. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1854 · page 2

SIR,—You reviewed the Rev. Mr. Stack's plan for Church extension a few days ago. With your remarks I quite agree. Allow me to add a word or two. Mr. St[?]k, and many other good and zealous men, seem to have an idea that the Church of England is…

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The Roman Catholic Church in the South of Germany. From the Times' Correspondent.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1854 · page 3

BEELIN, November 23.—The feud that has lately broken out between the Roman Catholic Church and the Princes of South Germany, in whose territories the diocess of the Upper Rhine…

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Letter From the Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America—its Misstatements Regarding Catholics and Their Doctrines—sad Effects of the "Voluntary System" As Exhibited in the United States

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1854 · page 8

THE members of the Episcopal Church in America rank undoubtedly amongst the most estimable although not the most numerous section of Christians iu the United…

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The History of the Sixth Age of the Christian Church—by Bishop Walmesley

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 March 1854 · page 5

Hitherto the account we find in History of the different ages, has contributed to explain the Prophecies relating to them: but with respect to the age we are now entering upon, as it yet…

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Church Extension. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1854 · page 5

SIR,—A Mr. Stammers has made the discovery that Mr. Stack's plan for Church Extension is nothing better than a Tractarian plot to spread that horrid system through the length and breadth of the land. The only reason he gives for his opinion is that it…

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Church Extension

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1854 · page 4

A PUBLIC meeting of the members of the Church of England, convened for the purpo[?]e of taking into consideration the scheme proposed by the Rev. Mr. Stack, and laid before a previous meeting, held on the…

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Proposed Church Extension

Empire · Wednesday 8 March 1854 · page 2

A Meeting was convened, by advertisement, for yesterday afternoon, in the Vestry of St. James's Church, for the purpose of promoting the above object. In compilance with a suggestion that the room would not be…

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Roman Catholic Denominational Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 March 1854 · page 10

We have been requested to call the attention of the members of the several Local Boards to the necessity of frequently inspecting the schools, and seeing that the books annually supplied by the Central…

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